I. Geography & Demographics					VI.  County Government Finance
II. Income & Poverty					VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
III.  Health & Healthcare					VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
IV.  Employment					IX.  Public School Systems
V.  Value of Farmland & Agricultural Products Sold
Fayette County, Tennessee
Selected Statistical Information
I.  Geography & Demographics
					Tennessee	Fayette County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Land Area (sq. mi.)				41,217	705	3rd	1.7%
	Farmland (2007)
		Acres of Farmland (2007)			10,969,798	227,434	10th	2.1%
		Acres of Farmland (1992)			11,169,086	258,265	72nd	2.3%
		Number of Farms (2007)			79,280	952	37th	1.2%
		Average Size of Farms (Acres, 2007)			138	239	10th
	Population
		2010 Census			6,346,105	38,413	40th	0.6%
		2000 Census			5,689,283	28,806	49th	0.5%
		Population Change (2000 to 2010)			656,822	9,607	18th	1.5%
		Growth Rate (2000 to 2010)			11.5%	33.4%	3rd
	Population Density (per sq. mi.)							Comparison to State Figure
		2010 Census			154	55	40th	35.4%
		2000 Census			138	41	40th	29.6%
	Urban Population							Percent of State Total
		2000 Census			3,618,968	0	71st	0.0%
		1990 Census			2,969,948	0	72nd	0.0%
		Growth Rate (1990 to 2000)			21.9%	n/a	n/a
	Percent of Population in Urban Areas							Percentage Point Difference
		2000 Census			63.6%	0.0%	71st	-63.6%
		1990 Census			60.9%	0.0%	72nd	-60.9%
	Median Age
		2010 Census			38	42	33rd
		2000 Census			36	38	35th
	Population Percentages by Age Bracket							Percentage Point Difference
		2005-2009 (5-year average)
			under 18		19.5%	24.0%	33rd	4.5%
			18-24		6.9%	5.9%	89th	-1.0%
			24-44		33.2%	28.6%	73rd	-4.6%
			45-64		27.0%	29.0%	18th	2.0%
			65 & over		13.4%	13.2%	74th	-0.3%
		2000 Census
			under 18		24.6%	25.7%	20th	1.1%
			18-24		9.6%	8.2%	61st	-1.4%
			25-44		30.2%	27.4%	75th	-2.8%
			45-64		23.2%	25.6%	29th	2.4%
			65 & over		12.4%	13.0%	64th	0.6%
	Population Growth by Age Bracket, 2000 (Census) to 2005-2009 (5-year average)
		*Note: Census 2010 data not available; 2005-2009 figures from the American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.
	Population Percentages by Race/Ethnicity (2010 Census)
					Tennessee	Fayette County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	Males per 100 Females (2010)				95.1	98.4	19th	103.4%
	Marriages Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				9.1	5.3	92nd	58.2%
	Divorces Recorded per 1,000 Population in 2009				4.2	0.9	2nd	21.4%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.

II. Income and Poverty
	Per Capita Personal Income				Tennessee	Fayette County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
		2009			$34,277	$35,223	8th	102.8%
		2000			$26,097	$25,292	13th	96.9%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			3.08%	3.75%	27th
	Median Household Income
		2009			$41,715	$53,624	5th	128.5%
		2000			$35,760	$40,027	12th	111.9%
		Compound Annual Growth Rate			1.73%	3.30%	1st
	2009 Poverty Rate							Percentage Point Difference
		All Ages			17.2%	12.2%	6th	-5.00%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			21.8%	17.6%	10th	-4.20%
	2000 Census
		All Ages			13.5%	14.3%	46th	0.83%
		Related Children Under 18 Years			17.6%	18.4%	48th	0.77%
	2009 Food Stamp Recipients (Monthly Average )
		Percent of Households			20.4%	24.5%	62nd	4.12%
		Percent of Individuals			17.8%	15.5%	20th	-2.33%
	2009 Families First (Monthly Average)
		Percent of Households			2.4%	1.6%	37th	-0.81%
		Percent of Individuals			2.5%	1.3%	19th	-1.19%
	*Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	*Note: Census 2010 data not available; 2005-2009 figures from the American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.

III. Health & Healthcare
					Tennessee	Fayette County	County Rank*	Comparison to State Figure
	2008 Pregnancy & Birth Rates
		Live births per 1,000 Population			13.9	13.9	43rd	100.0%
		Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Parents			44.0%	40.4%	37th	91.8%
		Percent Low Birth Weight			9.2%	8.2%	22nd	89.1%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 15-44			79.6	76.2	69th	95.7%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-17			13.6	12.6	41st	92.6%
		Pregnancies per 1,000 Females Aged 10-14			1.2	0.9	8th	75.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2008 Mortality Rates
		Number of Deaths per 1,000 Population			9.5	8.9	10th	93.7%
		Number of Deaths per 100,000 Population by Cause of Death
			Diseases of the Heart		238.2	259.0	37th	108.7%
			Cancer (Malignant Neoplasm)		213.3	194.2	16th	91.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
							7th
							7th
							9th
					Tennessee	Fayette County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
	Access to Healthcare
		Medical Doctors per 1,000 (2007)			1.8	0.6	54th	31.1%
		Hospital Beds per 1,000 Population (2008)			4.2	1.2	69th	28.6%
		Nursing Home Beds per 1,000 Pop. 65 & older (2008)			46.0	34.8	87th	75.6%
								Percentage Point Difference
		2008 Charity Care--Percent of All Hospital Care			9.4%	46.3%	2nd	36.9%

IV. Employment
	Unemployment Rate				Tennessee	Fayette County	County Rank*	Percentage Point Difference
		2011 (June)			10.2%	10.7%	31st	0.5%
		2000 (annual)			4.0%	4.6%	45th	0.6%
		2010 Youth Unemployment Rate (annual)			28.9%	31.0%	53rd	2.0%
	* Note: A rank of 1 indicates the best condition.
	2009 Employment Percentages by Major Industry				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
	Total Employment Top Industries				2,558,287	6,951	53rd	0.3%
		Manufacturing			11.7%	29.3%	39th	0.7%
		Local Government			10.9%	20.4%	37th	0.5%
		Retail Trade			12.0%	11.2%	54th	0.3%
		Health Care and Social Assistance			12.6%	5.9%	39th	0.1%
		Accommodation and Food Services			9.1%	5.6%	51st	0.2%
		Construction			3.9%	5.2%	36th	0.4%
		Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services			6.7%	3.4%	45th	0.1%
		Finance and Insurance			4.1%	2.8%	52nd	0.2%
		Wholesale Trade			4.6%	2.3%	45th	0.1%
		Management of Companies and Enterprises			1.0%	2.0%	17th	0.5%
		Educational Services			1.5%	2.0%	18th	0.4%
		Other Services (except Public Administration)			2.6%	2.0%	43rd	0.2%
		Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting			0.3%	1.7%	12th	1.6%
		Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services			4.2%	1.4%	34th	0.1%
	*Note: Percentages for counties may not total to 100%.
	This table shows the top industries in the county, not all industries.
	2009 Average Annual Wage by Major Industry							County Rank
								5th
								21st
								35th
								28th
								69th
								37th
								37th
								28th
								32nd
								14th
								40th
								57th
								12th
								28th
								49th

V.  Value of Farmland and Agricultural Products Sold
		2007 Estimates			Tennessee	Fayette County	County Rank	Comparison to State Figure
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Farm)			$467,420	$771,945	5th	165.2%
		Market Value of Farmland & Buildings (Average Per Acre)			$3,378	$3,231	57th	95.6%
		Total Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$2,617,394,000	$35,200,000	24th	1.3%
		Per Capita Value of Agricultural Products Sold			$424	$946	32nd	223.1%

VI. County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue by Source (in thousands)				Tennessee	Percent of Tennessee Revenue	Fayette County	Percent of County Revenue
		Grand Total			$   8,660,673	100.0%	$     56,137	100.00%
		Total State Revenue			$   2,637,323	30.5%	$     20,700	36.9%
			Public Schools*		2,236,881	25.8%	$     15,755	28.1%
			All Other		400,441	4.6%	4,945	8.8%
		Federal Revenue			$      614,129	7.1%	$       8,781	15.6%
		Total Local Revenue			$   5,409,221	62.5%	$     26,656	47.5%
			Property Tax		2,563,733	29.6%	14,272	25.4%
			Local Sales Tax		1,081,514	12.5%	4,478	8.0%
			Other Local		1,763,975	20.4%	7,905	14.1%
	Tax Base				Tennessee	County	County Rank	Percent of State Total
		2010 Equalized Assessed Property Value (in thousands)			$144,745,094	$986,175	30th	0.7%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$22,808	$25,673	10th
		2010 County Property Tax Rate (per $100)				$1.48	89th
		2010 Total Taxable Sales (in thousands)			$64,073,298	$163,898	39th	0.3%
			Tax Base Per Capita		$10,096	$4,267	68th
			2011 County Sales Tax Rate			2.25%	41st

VII.  Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	Estimated Costs, 2009 - 2014 (in thousands)				Tennessee	Fayette County	County  Rank	Percent of State Total
	Project  Type
		Transportation			$ 18,890,537	$    158,392	32nd	0.8%
		Water & Wastewater			4,004,578	15,381	53rd	0.4%
		K-12 New School Construction			1,548,048	12,000	30th	0.8%
		Existing School Improvements			1,905,950	2,825	62nd	0.1%
		Law Enforcement			1,880,412	2,175	52nd	0.1%
		Public Buildings			441,686	1,500	32nd	0.3%
		Industrial Sites & Parks			194,809	1,000	49th	0.5%
		Recreation			1,084,915	500	83rd	0.0%
		Non K-12 Education			4,096,971	-	50th	-
		Business District Development			954,871	-	28th	-
		Other Utilities			604,980	-	34th	-
		Public Health Facilities			395,979	-	-	-
		Libraries, Museums, & Historic Sites			390,159	-	-	-
		Community Development			374,527	-	-	-
		Storm Water			355,315	-	-	-
		Fire Protection			218,982	-	-	-
		School System-wide Need			112,243	-	-	-
		Solid Waste			40,152	-	-	-
		Other Facilities			31,137	-	-	-
		Telecommunications			24,300	-	-	-
		Housing			14,638	-	-	-
		Property Acquisition			-	-	-
	Grand Total				$ 37,565,189	$    193,773	43rd	0.5%

VIII.  Adult & Post-secondary Education
Adult Educational Attainment					Tennessee	Fayette County	County  Rank	Percentage Point Difference
	2005-2009 American Community Survey
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			81.8%	80.3%	25th	-1.5%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			22.4%	17.8%	20th	-4.6%
	1990 Census
		Percent w/ HS diploma (or equivalent) or better			67.1%	55.5%	53rd	-11.6%
		Percent w/ Bachelors Degree or better			16.0%	8.0%	51st	-8.0%
	*Note: Percentages do not add to 100%
	because categories are not mutually exclusive.
	*Note: 2010 educational attainment data not yet available.
Number of Post-secondary Institutions (2010)					Tennessee	Fayette County
	Four-year Colleges and Universities				77	0
		Public			14	0
		Private			63	0
	Other Public Institutions				94	0
		Community Colleges			13	0
		Technology Centers			27	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			20	0
		Off-campus Sites			34	0
2009-2010 Enrollment at Post-secondary Institutions
	Four-year Colleges and Universities*				242,600	0
		Public			151,344	0
		Private			91,256	0
	Other Public Institutions*				129,651	0
		Community Colleges			69,816	0
		Technology Centers			12,237	0
		Two-Year Private Institutions			13,088	0
		Off-campus Sites			34,510	0
		*Note: Census 2010 data not available; 2005-2009 figures from the American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.

IX.  Public School Systems			(Total number of school systems is 136)
				Statewide	Fayette County
Number of Students
	2009-2010			948,508	3,533
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%
	1999-2010			892,270	3,662
		Percent of Statewide			0.4%
	Increase/(Decrease)			56,238	(130)
	Percent Change			6.3%	-3.5%
	2008-2009*
	Free or Reduced-price Meals			57.8%	82.1%
	Federal Title 1			41.4%	93.0%
	Special Education			14.5%	14.2%
	English Language Learners			9.2%	1.5%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Fayette County
2008-2009 Accreditation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*
	Elementary Schools			73.2%	100.0%
	Secondary Schools			90.1%	100.0%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
Students per Classroom Teacher*
	2009-2010			15	13
	1999-2000			16	15
	Increase/(Decrease)			(1)	(2)
	*Note: Classroom teachers include art, music and physical education teachers.  Because these auxiliary teachers are
	included, ratios of students to classroom teachers do not represent and tend to be lower than actual class sizes.
Progress Through School
	Promotion Rate
		2008-2009		98.5%	98.2%
		1998-1999		96.4%	89.8%
	Dropout Rate
		2008-2009		10.4%	9.6%
		1998-1999		14.8%	30.9%
	*Note: 2009-2010 data not yet available.
				Statewide	Fayette County
Expenditures per Student
	2009-2010			$8,132	$8,670
		Percent of Statewide			106.6%
	1999-2000			$5,475	$5,351
		Percent of Statewide			97.7%
	Increase/Decrease			$2,657	$3,319
	Percent Change			48.5%
Classroom Teachers' Average Salary
	2009-2010			$45,597	$38,225
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	1999-2000			$36,328	$30,438
		Percent of Statewide			0.0%
	Increase/(Decrease)			$9,269	$0
	Percent Change			25.5%
Revenue by Source (percent of total)
	2009-2010
		State		47.2%	50.2%
		Federal		13.5%	21.9%
		Local		39.3%	27.9%
		System Rank for Percent Local			63rd
	1999-2000
		State		47.5%	57.5%
		Federal		9.1%	17.7%
		Local		43.3%	24.8%
		System Rank for Percent Local			103rd
				Statewide	Fayette County	County Rank
2011-2012 County Area Fiscal Capacity
	Per Pupil Fiscal Capacity			$2,967	$2,656	16th
	Percent of Statewide Figure				89.5%

Sources of Information for County Profiles
I.	Geography & Demographics
	U.S. Bureau of the Census--all data except for marriage and divorce rates.
		www.census.gov
	U.S. Department of Agriculture - farmland data
		http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
	TN Dept. of Health - marriage and divorce rates.
		http://health.tn.gov
II.	Income & Poverty
	U.S. Bureau of the Census--median household income data & poverty rates.
		www.census.gov
	TN Dept. of Human Services--Food Stamp data and Families First data.
		http://www.tn.gov/foodstamps
		http://tn.gov/humanserv/adfam/afs_tanf.html
	U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - per capita income data
		www.bea.gov
III.	Health & Healthcare
	TN Dept.of Health, Health Statistics & Research--pregnancy, births, mortality & healthcare access data.
		http://health.tn.gov/statistics/healthdata.htm
IV.	Employment
	TN Dept. Of Labor and Workforce Development - unemployment data.
		http://www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/
	U.S. Department of Labor - employment data.
		ww.bls.gov/lau/home.htm
V.	Value of Farmland and Agricultural Product Sold
	U.S. Department of Agriculture - farmland data
		http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
VI.	County Government Finance (municipalities' revenue data not available)
	TN County Technical Advisory Service (CTAS), Resource Center--county revenue data.
		www.ctas.utk.edu
	TN Comptroller of the Treasury, Division of Property Assessment--equalized assessed property values.
		http://www.comptroller.state.tn.us/pa/taxaggr.htm
	TN Dept. of Revenue--total taxable sales.
		www.tn.gov/revenue/files.htm
VII.	Public Infrastructure Needs Inventory
	TN Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations--all data.
		http://tn.gov/tacir/infrastructure.html
VIII.	Adult & Post-secondary Education
	U.S. Bureau of the Census--educational attainment.
		www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html
	TN Higher Education Commission--post-secondary institution and enrollment data.
		www.tn.gov/thec
IX.	Public School Systems (Total number of school systems is 136)
	TN Department of Education--all data except fiscal capacity.
		http://www.tn.gov/education/reports_data.shtml
	TN Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations--education fiscal capacity.
		http://tn.gov/tacir/fiscalcapacity.html
Prepared by TACIR